Khalid also welcomed remarks by Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday dismissing Suhakam’s conclusion as based on “hearsay”, but said he was ready to be investigated.

“I am ready for any investigation and I’m sure it is the same with TS Fuzi,” he said on Twitter, referring to his successor Mohamad Fuzi Harun.

Yesterday, following a year-long inquiry that heard testimonies from some 40 witnesses into the disappearance of Pastor Raymond Koh and Amri Che Mat, Suhakam declared the duo as victims of enforced “disappearance”, blaming Bukit Aman’s Special Branch for their abductions.

Following this, pressure has been mounting for an investigation on Fuzi, who headed the Special Branch when the abductions took place.

Koh was abducted on Feb 13, 2017, in Petaling Jaya, while Amri went missing on Nov 24, 2016, after leaving his home.

Koh’s abduction was caught on CCTV, showing what looked like professionally trained men stopping his car on a busy street.

Khalid had repeatedly rubbished suggestions that police were involved in Koh’s abduction, dismissing them as conspiracy theories.

Koh was accused of proselytisation of Muslims, a claim strongly denied by his family, while Amri was reportedly harassed over his leaning towards Shia Islam, the school of thought which Malaysian religious authorities label as “deviant”.